Fort Oglethorpe vs Indian Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Oglethorpe and Indian Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Oglethorpe and Indian Springs are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Oglethorpe has the higher population (10,332 vs 1,951 in Indian Springs). Indian Springs has the higher median household income ($95,809 vs $50,902 in Fort Oglethorpe). Indian Springs has the higher median home value ($199,800 vs $186,500 in Fort Oglethorpe).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Oglethorpe	Indian Springs
Population	10,332	1,951
Median age	43.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,902	$95,809
Median home value	$186,500	$199,800
Median gross rent	$952	—
Housing units	5,048	785
Homeownership rate	50.3%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Indian Springs
Population	9,954 → 10,332 (+3.8%)	2,509 → 1,951 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$45,394 → $50,902 (+12.1%)	$70,750 → $95,809 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $186,500 (+45.6%)	$144,700 → $199,800 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $952 (+25.4%)	$1,230 → $1,604 (+30.4%)

Fort Oglethorpe

Population

9,95410,332

Median household income

$45,394$50,902

Median home value

$128,100$186,500

Median gross rent

$759$952

Indian Springs

Population

2,5091,951

Median household income

$70,750$95,809

Median home value

$144,700$199,800

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Indian Springs
Under 5	4.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	19.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.5%
75 and over	17.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Indian Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Oglethorpe	Indian Springs
No high school diploma	8.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Indian Springs
Drove alone	87.5%	71.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	26.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Indian Springs
1-unit, detached	46.0%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Oglethorpe	Indian Springs
Poverty rate	9.9%	1.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1993	1987